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- Like many other Indian cities, Madras was a British creation. Villages such as Mylapore, San Thome and Poonamalee existed well before the British arrived but the beginnings of the city of Madras can be traced back to 1639.
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In Madras, Andrew Cogan and Francis Day of the East India Company purchased the Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam village from the ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire, Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka in 1639. Thus Madras was established and today its architectural heritage comprises of a multitude of colonial buildings which need to be preserved and treasured.
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It grew to be one the most important stations when it was made the headquarters of the Madras Railway Company in 1907. With its tall towers, Chennai Central is one of the most prominent examples of the Gothic style of architecture, which characterizes a number of colonial-era buildings in Madras. The Chennai Central Railway Station.
Indo Sarsinic Architecture in Madras. INTRODUCTION. Indo-saracenic architecture represents a synthesis of muslim designs and indian materials developed by british architects in india during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. the hybrid combined diverse architectural elements of hindu and mughal with gothic cusped arches, domes ...
First built in 1721 across the Cooum river to link Triplicane and Santhome with Fort St. George, it was called the Triplicane Bridge, and the Island Bridge in 1778 and then St George Bridge in...
May 22, 2003 · He points out that Madras was the first major British settlement in India and until 1774 it was the capital of the entire British empire in the east, which stretched from India to Indonesia....
Jun 2, 2008 · In 1816, the elders of the Presbyterian Church of Madras decided on a circular plan for their own Kirk in Madras and were keen to begin work. The design for this was provided by the Presidency Superintending Engineer, Lieutenant Grant who modelled it on an earlier unused design for London’s St Martin-in-the-field Church.
Aug 8, 2023 · In a way, the popularity of the map led it to introduce Madras all over the world, as multiple variations were inserted into atlases, says Vikram. In the map, it is seen that St Mary’s Church ...
